Houston Astros vs Atlanta Braves
May 6, 2005 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 6, 2005 at Turner Field. The Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Houston Astros 4, Atlanta Braves 9

Houston Astros ab   r   h rbi
Taveras cf 4 0 1 0
Biggio 2b 4 1 2 0
Berkman 1b 4 0 0 0
  Harville p 0 0 0 0
Lamb lf,1b 4 1 3 2
Ensberg 3b 4 0 0 0
Lane rf 4 1 1 2
Everett ss 4 0 0 0
Chavez c 4 0 0 0
Oswalt p 1 0 0 0
  Bruntlett ph 0 1 0 0
  Duckworth p 0 0 0 0
  Palmeiro ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 7 4
Atlanta Braves ab   r   h rbi
Furcal ss 4 2 2 1
Giles 2b 4 2 3 1
  Gryboski p 0 0 0 0
  Betemit 3b 0 0 0 0
Jones C. 3b 4 2 1 1
  Bernero p 0 0 0 0
  Colon p 0 0 0 0
LaRoche 1b 4 1 1 1
Estrada c 4 1 1 3
Jordan lf 2 0 0 1
  Langerhans ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Jones A. cf 4 1 2 1
Mondesi rf 4 0 0 0
Smoltz p 1 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
  Orr ph,2b 1 0 1 0
Totals 33 9 11 9
Houston 000 101 002471
Atlanta 330 030 00x9110
  Houston Astros IP H R ER BB SO
Oswalt  L (4-3) 5.0 10 9 7 0 5
  Duckworth   2.0 1 0 0 0 1
  Harville   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
11
9
7
0
8
  Atlanta Braves IP H R ER BB SO
Smoltz  W (3-3) 5.0 2 1 1 0 2
  Sosa   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Gryboski   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
  Bernero   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
  Colon   1.0 2 2 2 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
1
4

  E–Berkman (1).  DP–Houston 1. Ensberg-Biggio-Berkman.  2B–Houston Lamb (6,off Smoltz), Atlanta Giles 2 (9,off Oswalt 2); C. Jones (9,off Oswalt).  3B–Atlanta Furcal (1,off Oswalt).  HR–Houston Lane (5,9th inning off Colon 1 on 1 out), Atlanta Estrada (1,1st inning off Oswalt 2 on 2 out).  Team LOB–4.  SH–Smoltz (2,off Oswalt).  SF–Jordan (1,off Oswalt).  Team–2.  U-HP–Ed Montague, 1B–Jerry Layne, 2B–Paul Emmel, 3B–Tony Randazzo.  T–2:09.  A–26,987.
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